vncnus Chapter 241
Chapter 241
: The decisive leader asks to see Wang Yao
The situation in the Kokang region is relatively complicated.
The Kokang ethnic group is a typical product of the Myanmar government’s subdivision of the Chinese ethnic group.
The Kokang speak southwest Chinese dialect and write traditional Chinese characters. Their traditional culture is no different from that of the Han people.
The elders of the Kokang ethnic group say that their ancestors followed Emperor Yongli to flee here. The survivors of the Ming Dynasty after the Curse Disaster, and even many elderly people still have plaques left by their ancestors hanging in their ancestral homes.
After the independence of Myanmar, the northern region of Myanmar was affected by the remnants of the Kok Army for a long time. In addition, Myanmar had frequent civil wars. The Kokang army at that time joined the Myanmar United Army and became one of the main forces in the Northeast Military Region of the Myanmar United Army.
But later the Burma United Army fell apart. Peng Jiaren, then deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region of the Burma United Army, and senior military officers such as Chief of Staff Yang Maoliang led their troops to break away from the Burma United Army and form the Kokang Army.
Afterwards, Peng Jiaren and Yang Maoliang had internal strife. Yang Maoliang took advantage of the internal strife. Peng Jiaren led 600 people to defect to the United Wa State Army and the Mongla Army. With the help of the two forces, they regrouped and returned to Kokang.
In order to fight against Peng Jiaren, Yang Maoliang introduced the Myanmar National Defense Force to station in the Kokang area.
In order to subdivide the Chinese ethnic group, the Myanmar government classified the Chinese in the Kokang area as the Kokang ethnic group, and included them among the more than 150 ethnic groups recognized by the Myanmar government.
In this way, the Myanmar government subdivided the millions of Chinese ethnic groups and did not recognize the Chinese ethnic group as a minority group. As a result, over the past few decades, there were only more than two million Chinese in Myanmar.
After the Burmese army entered the Kokang area, they faced off against Peng Jiaren’s Kokang army for many years.
During this period, Yang Maoliang got old and chose to withdraw from the dispute and went to Lashio to open a company for cross-border trade and pension care.
Fifteen years ago, there was a military conflict between the Myanmar Army and the Kokang Army, known as the August 8 Incident.
The Kokang Army was defeated by the Burmese Army who occupied the commanding heights in the Kokang area, and Peng Jiaren went into exile overseas.
During this period, Peng Jiaren and his son Peng Deyi looked for help everywhere, including the United Wa State Army, Mongla Army, and Kachin Army.
It wasn’t until the Burmese army shelled the Kachin Army’s military school and camp eight years ago, triggering a war between the Kachin Army and the Burmese Army. Only then did Peng Jiaren and Peng Deyi find an opportunity to return to the Kokang area, recruit troops, and continue to fight with the Burmese army in the Kokang mountainous areas. Fight guerrilla warfare here.
The Kokang people also hate the Burmese government and the Burmese army because of the oppression of the Burmese government and the Burmese army, which do not allow the Kokang people to worship their ancestors and celebrate Chinese festivals.
Young people continued to join the Kokang Army, allowing Peng Jiaren, who returned to Kokang with only a few dozen guards, to expand the army to 3,000 people in eight years.
“Commander Wang, when can you arrange for me to go to Jingdong to meet the commander-in-chief?” Peng Deyi came back to his senses, looked at Wang Liang beside him, and said: “Kokeang is back in the hands of our Chinese, my father is in heaven He has a spirit and can rest in peace. Now I just want to meet Commander Wang.”
In the negotiations between the two parties, one of the conditions was that the Kokang tribe gave up their clan name and returned to the Chinese ethnic group, which was nothing to Peng Deyi.
They themselves have complicated feelings about the name Kokang, because they are not in the Dragon Kingdom, but in Myanmar, which has been in civil war for more than 70 years. To protect themselves, they must unite, which is why they got the name Kokang.
“If you want, you can always.” Wang Liang smiled at Peng Deyi.
“Then please make arrangements as soon as possible. I don’t know how long my body can last…” As he said that, Peng Deyi coughed twice.
He had lived a military life with his father since he was a child, but he had been on the move for the last twenty years of his life. He even recovered from a serious illness while in exile overseas, and his physical condition was never very good.
Hearing this, Wang Liang nodded and began to contact Jingdong’s legion headquarters for arrangements.
Since the helicopters of the legion were all participating in the war on the front line and could not be transferred back, a Nighthawk transport aircraft newly produced at the Jingdong Red Police Branch Base was arranged to come over to pick up the people.
It will probably take an hour or two to get there.
So Peng Deyi suggested that he want to visit Laojie County.
Wang Liang arranged for him an SUV with military license plates, and asked a legionnaire and a Kokang soldier to take charge of his safety while he walked around the city.
The military vehicle drove into Laojie City. He had not returned to his hometown for more than ten years. The changes here were so great that Peng Deyi could hardly recognize them.
The city of Lao Cai County was abolished as a county-level administrative unit by the Burmese government a few years ago and turned into a town. Now after being occupied by the army, the administrative level of Lao Cai County was restored.
This border city has a population of about 150,000, and the entire Kokang region has a population of about 250,000.
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Ninety percent of the population is Kokang, and many of the remaining 10% retain their Chinese identity.
Through the car window, Peng Deyi could see many businesses on the street changing their brands.
The plaques in Burmese were removed and even thrown directly into the trash can, and replaced with plaques in traditional Chinese characters.
Many merchants use Chinese characters written in red paint, and some people with good calligraphy are writing couplets and signboards for merchants on the roadside. There is a joyful atmosphere everywhere.
While passing by an intersection, several officers and soldiers were standing guard next to an armored vehicle. Although the pedestrians around were curious, they were not too nervous.
Because they know that the soldiers of these legions speak the same words, write the same words, and have the same culture as them.
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The Kokang soldier explained to Peng Deyi: “Commander, since the Burmese army occupied the old street, they have forced us to use Burmese. We are not allowed to write Chinese on our store signs, and public schools are not allowed to teach Chinese. It has been suppressed for several years now. Everyone You guys can finally get back what you lost.”
Peng Deyi clenched his fists tightly. If this situation continues for another ten or twenty years, he really doesn’t know what will happen when he comes back.
Suddenly, Peng Deyi saw a school, and he instinctively shouted: “Can you stop for a moment?”
The legionnaire driving the car stepped on the brake and parked the car in front of the school.
Peng Deyi opened the door and got out of the car, and two soldiers also got out and followed him.
The plaque with several traditional Chinese characters on the Guodong Primary and Secondary School in Laojie was not as brand-new as other plaques encountered on the road, but Peng Deyi couldn’t help but stepped forward and touched the characters.
“This is what my father asked a respected old man with great calligraphy skills to write for this school.” Peng Deyi reached out and touched the plaque, feeling the vicissitudes of the plaque.
This plaque had obviously been put away and taken good care of. After so many years, the opportunity finally came to hang it up again.
“It’s noon on the day of hoeing…sweat dripping from the soil…”
Listening to the sound of reading aloud from the school, Peng Deyi smiled happily.
Chinese culture will never end, and Chinese civilization will never end! Dry.